Renewable Energy Renewable power is a hot topic in the world today. This is important for our planet because the energy we are using is harming us. Renewable power can be solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and biofuel as a beginning. These are clean fuels that comes from natural sources. They are becoming more and more […]
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RenewableUK is welcoming a new report commissioned by the Committee on Climate Change which shows the cost of offshore wind energy will drop dramatically by the end of the decade, with further significant cost reductions in the 2020s. The study, “Approaches to cost reduction in offshore wind” by BVG Associates for the CCC, says there […]
Read MoreThis was written as a comment to: http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/469/2157/20130072.full A few years ago I was working for BAM Nuttall pricing renewable energy projects including offshore windfarms. We became part of a consortium looking at the possibility of installing wave or tidal current turbines in the Pentland Firth. It was one of the most interesting projects that […]
Read MoreDear Claverton, Below is a table of the complete fleet of eastern Australian wind turbines showing the maximum output capacity, annual load factor and the kW input when the wind isn’t blowing. Some farms apparently have their own auxiliary power and don’t draw from the grid but in any event the drain on the grid […]
Read Morehttp://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/11/15/853 Spain’s variable wind and stable electricity networks Sunday 15 November 2009 in uncategorized by Chris Goodall One of the frequent criticisms of wind energy is that national distribution systems (‘the grid’) cannot cope with large number of turbines because of the variability and unpredictability of their output. Grids need to match supply and demand […]
Read MoreThe Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The IET is one of the world’s leading professional institutions with over 150,000 engineers and technologists as members worldwide. We are organising an Offshore Wind Technology conference, 12 – 13 December, Birmingham, UK and we would appreciate your support in promoting this event to your members. http://conferences.theiet.org/offshore-wind/programme/index.cfm via […]
Read MoreFred, The frequency is system-wide. That is, all parts of an A/C system will have the same frequency. Any change in frequency is a reflection of a change in the balance between supply and demand. So a drop in frequency is a reflection either of a loss of generation, or an increase in demand. Actual […]
Read MoreCompanyNameDesignationCountry Climate ParliamentNicholas DunlopFounder and Secretary-GeneralUnited Kingdom Siemens Transmission and DistributionMatthew KnightBusiness Development ManagerUnited Kingdom Friends of the SupergridAna AguadoCEOBelgium Commission for Energy RegulationPaul BrandonManager – Electricity TransmissionIreland The University of GlasgowEnrique AchaProfessor of Electrical Power systems, Department of Electronics and Electrical EngineeringScotland ABBLars WeimersChief Engineer Marketing HVDC SystemsSweden DESERTECGerry WolffCoordinatorUnited Kingdom Institute […]
Read MoreMark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi recently published two papers in Energy Policy expanding upon our article on 100% wind, water, and solar power for the world, published in Scientific American in November 2009. I am attaching corrected in-press proofs of the articles. Mark and I continue to work on various aspects of this, so we […]
Read MoreExtract from Claverton Energy Group Archives, by Paul Frederik Bach, ex director Danish Western National Grid. On 12 May 2010 21:13, Paul-Frederik Bach <pfbach@profibermail.dk> wrote: Dear all, The debate on the economy of wind power seems to be never ending. Observations of wind power output and spot prices indicate that wind power creates low prices […]
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